Adjustable shade-bracket.



v No. 721,040. PATENTQED FEB. 17, 1903;

' W. s. EEATON.

ADJUSTABLE SHADE BRACKET.

APPLIGATIOH 21mm NOV. 19, 189

30 MODEL.

WITNESSES nv VENTOR V BY Y v I .ArromvE'r.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM S. HEATON, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO I'VILSONT. GRAHAM, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

ADJUSTABLE SHADE-BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters lE'ettetnt No. 721,040, datedFebruary 17, 1903.

I Application filed November 19, 1897- Serial Na 659,112. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. Harmon, residing at Omaha, in the countyof Douglas and State of Nebraska, have invented certain usefulImprovements in Adjustable Shade- Brackets; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention has relation to a novel improvement in adjustableshade-brackets.

The object of my invention is to provide a neat and simple shade-bracketwhich shall embody means so that the same may be adjusted to receiveshades of various widths.

My invention is intended to be used more especially in dwellings wherethe tenants are in the habit of moving in and out and is intended moreespecially to do away with the marring, splitting, and destruction ofthe window-frame occasioned by the various parties and individualsputting up the shade-brackets used by them. In some dwellings one tenantwill use a screw to secure the shadebracket, and when he moves heusually takes with him the shade-bracket. The next tenant that comesalong possibly drives a heavy nail in place of the screw, and as hisshade may not be of the exact size of his predecessor another hole ismade, and in this way in time the window-frame becomes very muchdisfigured and marred and oftentimes split and almost destroyed.

In different houses the widths of the windows vary, so that often acareful user might be compelled to provide new and additional holes intowhich to insert the nail or screw to hold the bracket. In my invention Iaim to overcome this objection in that I provide a bracket which shallbeadj nstable to almost any width of curtain and which is further arrangedto be instantly attached and locked.

In the accompanying drawings, in Figure 1 is shown a broken section of awindowframe disclosing one of my adjustable shadebrackets in position.Fig. 2 shows an end elevation disclosing the position of my nosgobracket 5 is provided with the usual opening adapted to receive theshade and is provided with the base 3, extending at right angles to thebracket proper, 5, and this base is preferably a least bit wider thanthe bracket proper, the two being connected by an intermediate portionof a reduced width formed by the removed portions 4,which are provided 65 to accommodate the recurved flanges 2, as is clearly shown in Fig. 2.

Secured to the bracket proper, 5, by means of a pin 1 is anapproximately L-shaped camlever comprising the handle 6 and nosing 7,and this is so adjusted that when the handle 6 is depressed the nosing 7raises the bracket upward and binds it tightly against the recurvedflanges,where it is securely held. The pivot-point 1 is placed asuitable distance above the bottom of the holder, so that the lever willbe properly locked. By regulating the lengthof the nosing 7 almost anydesirable degree of impact may be provided. By

means of this cam-lever 6 the bracket 5 may be raised so that this base3 may be forced under spring tension against the recnrved edges 2 of theholder B, so that this bracket 5 is se- I cured and held under springtension.

Now, in order to keep the bracket within the holder proper, B, I insecuring the holder 13 preferably use round-headed screws 8 8, the headsof which of course project upward, and after securing the holder B byone of these Screws insert the bracket and then secure the remainingscrew so that the screw-heads act as a stop against which the bracket 5works. Of course any other screw or method of securing this holder maybe employed, as I do not claim the screws as any part of my in- 5vention.

The device is exceedingly simple and readily adjustable and operated.

Now, having thus described my said invenshaped lever 6 pivotally securedto said pin tion, what I claim as new, and desire to se- 1 and providedwith the nosing 7 adapted to cure by United States Letters Patent, iswork upon said holder between the recurved The combination with theelongated holder edges 2, 2 as and for the purpose set forth. I5

5 B havingits two opposite edges 2, 2 along the In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature longest sides recurved to form a guide, of the inpresence of two witnesses. perforated bracket 5 provided with the base 3and the removed portions 4 to accommodate WILLIAM HEATON' the recurvededges 2, 20f said holder,said base Witnesses: to 3 working below saidrecurved edges 2, 2, the GEO. W. SUEs,

pin 1 secured to said bracket 5, and the L ANE M. ELLEAJER)

